{"product_id":"the-metamorphosis-9780553213690","title":"The Metamorphosis","description":"\u003ci\u003e\"When Gregor Samsa woke up one morning from unsettling dreams, he found himself changed in his bed into a monstrous vermin.\" \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith this startling, bizarre, yet surprisingly funny first sentence, Kafka begins his masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eThe Metamorphosis\u003c\/i\u003e. It is the story of a young man who, transformed overnight into a giant beetlelike insect, becomes an object of disgrace to his family, an outsider in his own home, a quintessentially alienated man. A harrowing--though absurdly comic--meditation on human feelings of inadequacy, guilt, and isolation, \u003ci\u003eThe Metamorphosis\u003c\/i\u003e has taken its place as one of the most widely read and influential works of twentieth-century fiction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs W.H. Auden wrote, \"Kafka is important to us because his predicament is the predicament of modern man.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kafka, Franz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/1972\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bantam Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780553213690\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.94h x 4.36w x 0.51d","brand":"Franz Kafka","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39409896554571,"sku":"9780553213690","price":6.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_7a97475d-19ab-483c-b447-49f1e9589b87.jpg?v=1624332622","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/the-metamorphosis-9780553213690","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}